Okomfo Dr. Kwesi Amoa currently serves at the President and Executive Director of Akom Kese Planning Committee. He is a skilled organic chemist trained in the isolation, synthesis, and characterization of natural products. Over the years, his research interest has shifted from the synthesis of anti-viral and anti-carcinogenic agents, to environmental chemistry and chemical education. As a tool to assist his students in understanding chemical concepts, he created KemSolutions, a series of online videos. This work has generated more than 1 million views on YouTube. In addition, Dr. Amoa was the first person to develop and teach online lectures and labs for chemistry classes in the City University of New York system.

Dr. Amoa has strong technical and business qualifications with a track record of 27 years of innovative teaching and a combined 12 years of higher education administration experience and assignments. He has a proven track record in degree accreditation, program review, budgeting, institutional strategic planning, grantsmanship, online development, data driven scheduling, formative assessment, and curriculum development. In addition, he has above average knowledge of accounting principles, business development, marketing plans, business plans, corporate formation, non-profits, and business technology.

Some of his administrative accomplishments are: served as Dean of Mathematics and Science, and Engineering at Westchester Community College, served as Dean of the School of Arts and Sciences at Huston-Tillotson University, Chaired the Physical, Environmental, and Computer Science Department at Medgar Evers College, Chaired the College Wide Academic Standards and Regulations, Vice-Chaired for the Committee on Institutional Assessment, Co-Chaired for Middle State Accreditations Self-Study – Institutional Assessment, and lead a team of faculty in the pre-accreditation for the Environmental Health Science Program.

Dr. Amoa is a published author of both print and electronic media. In 2014, he co-authored “Beneficial Use of Brown Grease: A Source of Petroleum Derived “ in the New England Water Associate Journal. In addition, he co-authored “Laboratory Experiments in Chemistry for Health Professional” 2nd Edition. He had a guest appearance on National Geographic’s – “Escape from New York: A Doomsday Preppers Event” that aired in Dec. 2012. Lastly, Dr. Amoa was named a winner of the 2012 Fulbright Specialist Award.

Dr. Amoa received his Bachelor of Science and Master of Arts degrees in chemistry from Fisk University and he earned his doctorate in organic chemistry from Howard University. He has certifications from the Wharton School of Business in Integrating Finance and Marketing and Finance and Accounting for Non-Finance Managers. He is the founder and Executive Director for ReCycle For Education and currently serve as vice-chair for South Queens Park Association board. He is married to Andrea A. Amoa, Esq. and is a proud father of three.

Lastly, he is a graduate priest of Nana Atinga, a Bosum found in northerner Ghana. He was trained under the direction of Nana Kodia Ababio of Banafo Bosumfie and Nana Kwame Amanfu of Nsubri, Ghana.